Tautoneura mori (Matsumura, 1906)

Oh, Sumin, Pham, Hong-Thai & Jung, Sunghoon, 2016, Taxonomic review of the Genus Tautoneura Anufriev (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Korea, with description of one new species, Zootaxa 4169 (1), pp. 194-200 : 195-196

Tautoneura mori (Matsumura, 1906)

( Figs. 1 , 6–12 )

Chlorita mori Matsumura, 1906

Typhlocyba (Zygina) mori Matsumura, 1910: 121 Zygina maculate Nawa, 1914: 456

Zygina mori Lssiki, 1915: 112

Zygina onukii Matsumura, 1916: 396

Zygina harimensis Matsumura, 1920: 292 Erythroneura (Zygina) mori Myers, 1930: 475 Erythroneura mori Clausen, 1931: 10

Zygina sawashibae Matsumura, 1932: 117 Erythroneura (Balila) mori Dowrakowska, 1970: 347 Tautoneura mori Dworakowska, 1977: 290

Description. Dorsum milky yellow with brown or dark brown pattern ( Fig. 1 ). Vertex with pair of dark yellow longitudinal stripes. Frontoclypeus milky yellow laterally, yellow medially. Anteclypeus yellow and lorum milky yellow. Pronotum with irregular dark yellow pattern at middle part and lateral margin. Mesonotum milky yellow, with basal triangles dark yellow. Forewings with several dark yellow and dark brown spots, but occasionally forewing with orange and red spots depending on geographical region. Legs yellow without pattern or spot.

Male abdominal apodemes narrow and extended to midlength of sternite IV ( Fig. 10 ).

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe with 2 macrosetae at basal lower angle and pygofer dorsal appendage falcate, tapered distally and expanded basally ( Fig. 12 ). Subgenital plate with 2 macrosetae near middle of outer margin and several stout short setae along lateral margin densely clustered near base and more widely spaced toward apex ( Fig. 9 ). Style narrow, apex with 2 points ( Fig. 8 ). Aedeagus with long process at apex strongly bent basolaterad ( Figs. 6, 7 ). Connective tripodlike, with lateral arms well developed and central lobe slim ( Fig. 11 ).

Measurements. Body length males 2.3–2.4 mm, females 2.3–2.5 mm.

Specimens examined. [CNU] 8♂♂, 11♀♀, Korea, Gongju, Kumkang Arboretum, 28. vii. 2014, coll. S. Oh, on Morus alba ; [CNU] 12♂♂, 7♀♀, Korea, Daejeon, Eoeun-dong, 12. vii. 2014, coll. S. Oh, on Morus alba ; [CNU] 7♂♂, 5♀♀, Korea, Cheongju, Gyesan-ri, 1. ix.2014, coll. S. Oh, on Morus alba .

Host plants. Morus alba L. ( Rosales : Moraceae ), Carpinus cordata Blume ( Fagales : Betulaceae ) ( Ishihara, 1953), Prunus persica (L.) Stokes ( Rosales : Rosaceae ) ( Dworakowska, 1970)

Distributions. China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Habitus: 1. Tautoneura mori (Matsumura, 1906). 2. T. japonica (Dworakowska, 1972). 3. T. tricolor Anufriev, 1969. 4. T. polymitusa sp. nov.; Male adult ventral view: 5. T. polymitusa sp. nov. Scales: 1 mm

FIGURES 6 – 12. Tautoneura mori (Matsumura, 1906): 6. Aedeagus caudal view. 7. Aedeagus lateral view. 8. Style. 9. Subgenital plate. 10. Male abdominal apodemes. 11. Connective. 12. Pygofer lobe lateral view. Scales: 0.1 mm